Public given nine days to see amazing Bronze Age hoard in latest Wiltshire jackpot

Public given nine days to see amazing Bronze Age hoard in latest Wiltshire jackpot: In the 1990s, following a lengthy spell of detective work by an archaeologist involving shady meetings in pubs, illegal detection work and precious objects being flogged to waiting dealers, The Salisbury Hoard became the largest group of Prehistoric metal objects ever found in Britain.

Nearly 20 years later, in a more ethically pleasing escapade, a Bronze Age hoard of more than 100 copper alloy axes, heads, chisels, sickles, gouges and tools has been unearthed in a field near Tisbury. The Wiltshire hills, it would seem, are strewn with magical relics.

"If you took the Salisbury Hoard out of the equation you could say that this is the largest hoard ever found in the county," says Adrian Green, the Director of the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum.

Green found out about the hoard only three weeks ago, when a well-known local metal detectorist reported a telltale spearhead to regional Finds Liaison Officer Katie Hinds...

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